MotherfoclĂłir
Dispatches from a not so dead language. Hosted by Darach O'SĂŠaghdha.
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154: #154 | A Great Bunch Of Lads? Info-tainment and the Great Man Theory of History
The Irish for chess is ficheall (wood wisdom).Â
A gambit is fiontarâŚ.Â
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, or so they say. But what do we learn when we learn history? How do we interpret the change in...
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153: #153 | Ghosts and Dark Flames: Doireann NĂ GhrĂofa
She's the woman of the moment: after a sequence of acclaimed and award-winning poetry collections in both Irish and English, Clare poet Doireann NĂ GhrĂofa has deliv...
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152: #152 | Meet-Cutes and Cute Hoors – Ireland and the Hollywood Rom-Com
The romantic comedy, as we understand it, is a Hollywood form as specifically American as the Western, especially in how it shapes and exports Americaâs image of its...
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151: #151 | After The Silent Letters: Louise OâNeill
Louise OâNeill, Clonakiltyâs literary superstar, has never been content to limit her phenomenal writing skills to a single genre. Her latest work, âAfter The Silence...
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150: #150 | Halloweâen Special 2020 – Is Maith Sin, Pumpkin
Itâs that time of the year again when Darach, GearĂłidĂn and Peadar turn out the lights, hold torches under their chins and tell spooky stories from around Ireland.Â
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149: #149 | Dolphin De Siècle
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what youâre destined for.
But donât hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts fo...
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